Karula National Park (Karl II and Kaia)

[Madli]

May 25

Eggs are 31/29/26/24 days old today.

Incubation:
1. Karl (previous day) 16.49 - 10.32 ( 17 h 43 min)
2. Kaia 10.33 - 17.47 ( 7 h 14 min )
3. Karl 17.48 - ...

Materials: 0 (yesterday 6)

Events:
- the streaming stopped from 02.44 to 05.00

Weather in Karula NP:
Morning temperature of 10 °C, afternoon 21°, evening 16° and night 11°.
Overcast, morning clear, night showers.
https://www.foreca.com/100796120/Karula ... nia/hourly

[Madli]

Karl's egg care at night and in the morning.
23: 53
00: 39
01: 07 / 49
02: 22
(stream is interrupted)
05: 21
06: 34
07: 33
08: 41
09: 35
10: 06

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The streaming stopped from 02.44 to 05.00

[Madli]

07.33 A morning stretch. And the lighting is very interesting again.

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10.32 Kaia arrives from an unusual direction- usually she departs in that direction, but rarely arrives. Karl greets her and flies away.
Karl's incubation shift was 17 h 43 min.


10.33 Kaia continues incubation.

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Kaia's egg care times: aerating, rolling + self care- preening, PS
10: 32 / 42
11: 01 / 35
12: 30
13: 10 / 37
14: 44
15: 35
16: 15
17: 10

[Madli]

11.41 Kaia is taking longer breaks when rolling the eggs and aerating. She also carefully re-arranges nest material.

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12.03 Kaia listenes to other bird making sounds, but she isn't alarmed by it. The sound doesn't come from very far.


It is the sound of a Common Buzzard ( buteo buteo)
https://xeno-canto.org/712672

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14.45 Kaia preening on one leg

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16.17 Kaia stretches her limbs.


16.18 The camera zoomed in for a moment to take a closer look on the eggs.


I guess we are on PIP watch now?